Diane Megaw

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) made further inroads against illegal marijuana grow sites on August 26 when they arrested 33-year-old Richard James Bassett Jr. while executing a search warrant in the…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A Joint Child Exploitation Task Force comprising members of the multi-agency Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team  (SOCET) swept across Jackson County yesterday, netting five suspects in multiple unrelated child…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the state is standing with Labour Unions in a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in a legal fight to protect union workers’ First Amendment bargaining rights, after a…

Thousands of Oregonians across the state called for change during Labor Day marches in several cities, as part of broader initiatives under the No Kings Collective. Portland Labor Day Marches Call For Change Organized by the…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Police Department officers arrested 46-year-old Jeremy Johnson on attempted murder charges after a dispute between neighbours on Sunday evening ended in a woman suffering a severe cut to her neck.…

Bipartisan Oregon lawmakers, Rep. Tom Andersen (D-South Salem) and Rep. Cyrus Javadi (R-Tillamook), made public a proposed amendment on Friday that seeks to ban the so-called “secret police” through an amendment to the state's Constitution,…

A recent study by law firm Bader Scott indicates that while New York topped the ranking, paying an average of $72,961,800 per police misconduct case, Oregon spent $ 676,000 per police misconduct case, according to a police funding database.…

Declining state revenues, projected in Oregon's latest revenue forecasts published last week, may result in reduced kicker rebates for personal taxpayers and no kicker refund to corporations. Lower Oregon Revenue Forecasts Will…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Springfield driver, 21-year-old David Stewart Hernandez-German, was arrested after fleeing a Lane County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) traffic stop around midnight last night, resulting in a police chase that ended after he…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) invites Oregonians to join park rangers at Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area for the park's fall cleanup event, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on…